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02-02-2008, 11:15 PM
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Callinectes sapidus
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 6,277
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 ...with some of the places I fish, I don't think I could carry it back to the truck, I'd have to drag it,,,and by the time it reached the truck it would already be a 1/2 mount that barely weighed 30#s.  |
 ... it finally happened, there are no more secret spots
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02-03-2008, 02:12 AM
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Trophy Hunter Apprentice
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: THE Other Cape
Posts: 2,508
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Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake
Sounds reasonable. I'd see about securing rights to the images and try to control who photos it. Make sure that my gear is prominate
in said photos. Rod reel lure swivel snap line boots gloves beer on and on for possible sponships. As you said, Mike, I'd shake the next guy's hand.And hand him a plug with the other.
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DITTO, definitely shake the hand of the next Champ!
And hand him some fresh wood, a cold beer, and a Cohiba!!
How many of us believe that there truly is an 80+#'er out there?
Are there 100 #'ers out there as some legends have suggested?
Sure would be nice to find out some Striper dawn.......................
She'd, no doubt, either make ya or break ya! |
"The first condition of happiness is that the connection
between man and nature shall not be broken."~~ Leo Tolstoy
Tight Lines, and
Happy Hunting to ALL!
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02-03-2008, 06:51 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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I have often thought about this topic.
I would get the weight certified, lots of pictures and a good sports agent and lawyer. I am convinced that the next world record is a
$5M fish.
Endorsements for every piece of gear you used to catch the fish and I don't mean free stuff. I'm talking money. Rod, reel, line, waders, swivels, clip, down to what underware you were wearing. If it were a boat fish you are talking boat, motor, GPS, fishfinder, compass, rod holders, rocket launchers, fuel/water separators every friggin' thing on the boat. A good sports agent would know how to leverage this feat.
Then there would be the sport show tour. Articles written either by you or thru a ghost writter. The list goes on....
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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02-03-2008, 08:16 AM
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The Director of Fun
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Long Island, NY (south shore)
Posts: 214
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what would I do if I caught a 79+ striper...
the same thing as last time, keep her in the water, remove the hook, pat her on the head, walk her around until she wants to break free and give her a push toward deeper water.
fame? fortune? a Jedi seeks these not!
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the full moon looks orange sometimes when it rises because the light has to pass through more of the atmosphere then when the moon is higher in the sky. the blue light waves scatter but the red light waves pass through...... if you were wondering.
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02-03-2008, 08:21 AM
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Trophy Hunter Apprentice
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: THE Other Cape
Posts: 2,508
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Surfpirate
what would I do if I caught a 79+ striper...
the same thing as last time, keep her in the water, remove the hook, pat her on the head, walk her around until she wants to break free and give her a push toward deeper water.
fame? fortune? a Jedi seeks these not!
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What about pix? shirley, you'd snap a few for posterity's sake  ? |
"The first condition of happiness is that the connection
between man and nature shall not be broken."~~ Leo Tolstoy
Tight Lines, and
Happy Hunting to ALL!
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02-03-2008, 05:42 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Matunuck, RI
Posts: 281
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike P
I'd submit the paperwork for the record. If no one ever paid me a dime, so be it. Pressure to top it? Why would I feel pressure to go out and get an 80  If it lasted only one day as the record, I'd shake the next angler's hand.
As for what the peanut gallery would say or accuse me of--it wouldn't bother me in the least. They can all pound sand for all I'd care 
With all due respect to Al McReynolds, a fish can only ruin your life if you let it ruin your life. |
I couldn't say it better myself...
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02-04-2008, 11:11 AM
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Cape Crusader
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Ashland, MA
Posts: 323
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I'll know soon enough because it is bound to happen for me. I've broken off a bunch of fish the last couple years that felt like they were world's records for sure, and a couple I saw in the waves with my eidetic memory were over 100 lbs for sure. 
Kidding aside, I'd do what any sane human being would do...try to make a buck off it and laugh all the way to the bank while people bashed me for being lucky....because of course they'd be right. There would never be anything more indicitive of "it is better to be lucky than good" than if I caught the world record. |
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02-04-2008, 11:57 AM
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It's about respect baby!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: ri
Posts: 6,358
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike P
I'd submit the paperwork for the record. If no one ever paid me a dime, so be it. Pressure to top it? Why would I feel pressure to go out and get an 80 If it lasted only one day as the record, I'd shake the next angler's hand.
As for what the peanut gallery would say or accuse me of--it wouldn't bother me in the least. They can all pound sand for all I'd care
With all due respect to Al McReynolds, a fish can only ruin your life if you let it ruin your life. |
Agreed |
Domination takes full concentration..
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02-04-2008, 12:46 PM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
Posts: 10,408
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I suppose I'd have to kill my fishing partner on the spot so he couldn't tell how/where I caught it.  (sorry Joe, Paul, Eben or John) Make sure I remove all evidence of the eel and eel hook from it's mouth
Drive to the other end of RI and pretend to recatch it on my most expensive namebrand, rod and reel, line and plug AFTER donning every single piece of name brand gear I could find. Then, I'd weigh it at a certified scale, while still wearing said gear (for the photos of course).
after that, a lucrative career opening supermarkets, attending state fairs and being the grand marshal for parades... maybe while wearing a cape with a big striper woven on it. And a scepter shaped like a surf rod. With a crown of needlefish...
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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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02-04-2008, 01:49 PM
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Wipe My Bottom
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,911
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike P
...a fish can only ruin your life if you let it ruin your life.
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ditto. just a stupid fish. |
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02-04-2008, 02:07 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Marshfield, MA
Posts: 6,267
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Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND
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nice!!!  |
Live at Leeds
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02-04-2008, 02:18 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,295
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Gotta agree about Al - it ain't ruining my life.
I think it worth less than a lot of us think it is. It ain't a LMB!
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02-04-2008, 06:19 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 4 hours from my favorite place
Posts: 5,366
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulS
I think it worth less than a lot of us think it is. It ain't a LMB!
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I totally agree with that statement. A 25 pound largemouth could be worth millions but a 80 striper....I doubt. Just doesnt have the same exposure..... |
Simplify.......
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02-04-2008, 06:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 3,650
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Yo-Zuri
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02-04-2008, 07:09 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: in a structure with a roof
Posts: 6,049
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Swimmer
Then I might, no I will, buy all brown clothes so that all the chit everybody throws your way wont show. Might be able to smell it, but at least in a crowd no one will no for sure its you that smell so damn bad.
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awesome thought process . you might need it with all the knuckleheads out there today . maybe that was u.p.s thought too but then why the funny shorts ?
I have never thought about what I would do , but an attorney and an agent might be in order . or maybe I wouldnt tell anyone and then no one will want to follow me and ask me where oh where did that striper come from oh where oh where might she live . |
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02-05-2008, 12:44 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 84
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my luck, i'd get it on wire!  |
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